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‖ oˈssiculum Pl. -a. [L., dim. of os bone.] A little bone; an ossicle; † the stone of a fruit.
1706Phillips, Ossiculum, a little Bone: Among Herbalists, the stone of a plum, Cherry or suchlike Fruit. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Ossicula auditoria,..four little bones contained in the cavity of the tympanum. 1874Roosa Dis. Ear (1876) 20 There is no record of the ossicula auditus until the 15th century. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. ix. 555 On the antambulacral wall,..the ossicula are elongated rods of very unequal lengths, united together. |